RESEARCH IN ALTERNATIVE LIVELIHOOD FUND RALF

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RESEARCH IN ALTERNATIVE LIVELIHOOD FUND (
RALF)

• Project Title
• Introduction Evaluation and Promotion of
  Appropriate Crop Legume and Vegetables for
  Eastern Afghanistan (CLVEA)

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Implementing Agencies

• Project Leader
• Relief International, USA
• Collaborating Institutions
• 1-Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center
  (AVRDC), Taiwan
• 2-University of Nangarhar, Jalalabad
• 3-International Development Enterprises, USA

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Project Area

• One Model Research Plot, NU, Jalalabad
• 23 Research and Demonstration plots in ten
  district of southern belt of Nangarhar Province
• 1- Surkhrod 2-
  Sherzad
• 3- Khogyani 4-
  Shinwar
• 5- Rodat
  6- Achin
• 7- Besud
  8- Torgarh
• 9- Kot
  10- Chaparhar

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Project Goal

• 1-To determine the economic and livelihood
  impact of a range of vegetable and crop legume
  projects, enhanced by drip irrigation, on poppy
  farmers in Nangarhar Province,
• 2- Scale up those projects that demonstrate the
  most significant rate of return, in order to
  develop sustainable, legal alternatives to poppy
  cultivation as a livelihood strategy.

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Project Purpose

• To ascertain the most viable alternative legal
  economic activities through evidence-based
  applied research.
• To utilize a holistic and participatory research
  methodology and project design that looks at the
  rural economy, and its effects on farmers
  incomes,
• To focus on vegetable and legume crop production,
  enhanced by low cost drip irrigation systems,
• Scaling-up successful projects that demonstrate a
  significant rate of return
• Establishment of a model research plot at
  Nangarhar University to create baseline data
• To build the capacity of the Faculty of
  Agriculture, NU

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EXPECTED OUTPUT

• 24 Operational Research Plot of following Crops
• Moongbean, Cowpea, Onion, Tomato, Chili,
  Garlic and Carrot
• Test the low cost drip irrigation
• Training of 38 lead farmers as extension agents
• Production and dissemination of information
• NU develop the capacity to design, manage and
  report on livelihood development projects.

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Accomplishments

• Project workshop and formal Interaction with
  farmers, researchers and implementing partners
• Research and extension training (Faculty
  training) to NU staff
• Lead farmers training
• Research trial design
• Establishment of model research plot at NU
• Establishment of plots on farmers field in ten
  districts
• Baseline economic and livelihood survey

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Workshop of IPs
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Workshop of IPs
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Faculty Training
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Faculty Training
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Lead Farmers Training

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Drip Irrigation Training
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Lead Farmers Training
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Demonstration of M.O. pump
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Drip Set Layout Training
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Drip Set Installation Training
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Interaction with Farmers
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Interaction with farmers
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Model Research Plot, NU
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Model Research Plot, NU
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Model Research Plot, NU
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Carrot Trial

• Manzilianow carrot variety (Local Variety) was
  tested for
• Four seed rates 1.60 Kg., 2.80 Kg., 3.10 Kg. and
  4.12 Kg. per hectare.
• Two fertilizer rates, farmers level at 250 Kg.
  urea and 200 Kg. DAP per hectare and higher level
  at 300 Kg. urea and 250 Kg. DAP per hectare.
• The experiment was conducted in Randomized
  Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three
  replications. Carrots have been harvested and
  data has been taken for complete analysis.

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Garlic Variety Trial

• Four garlic varieties are under trial
• 1-Watani (local) 2- China Kabuli 3- China
  Pakistani 4- Red
• Trials are laid with farmers level fertilizer
  application at 150 Kg. DAP and 200 Kg. urea per
  hectare are planted in three replications for
  variety performance comparison. Two varieties
  are performing better than the other two.

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Garlic Variety Trials
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Garlic Variety Trial
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Onion Variety Trial

• Total seven onion varieties are under Trial.
• Six collected from local and Pakistani sources .
• Red Local Mazina, Supreme Stone commercial,
  Supper Swat 1 commercial, Nasik Red commercial,
  Red Brown F-1 commercial, N-53 commercial
• Two onion varieties were procured from AVRDC
  (World Vegetable Center), were planted in the
  nursery for a study to compare the adaptation,
  performance and production of these varieties in
  Eastern Afghanistan. One of the two varieties
  failed to germinate. One varieties has produced
  seedlings and transplanted in three replications
  in RCBD.
• Most of the seedlings have established and
  their performance looks promising.

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Onion Variety Trial
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Tomato Variety Trial

• 17 tomato varieties were collected from markets
  in Jalalabad and Peshawar of Pakistan and planted
  in nursery to produce transplants for a study to
  compare the adaptation, performance and
  production of these varieties in the Eastern
  Afghanistan situation.
• 12 Varieties successfully produced transplants
  and these are under experiment in a Randomized
  Complete Block Design with three replications.

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Tomato Variety Trials
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Eggplant Variety Trial

• Twelve eggplant varieties were collected from
  markets in Jalalabad and Peshawar of Pakistan and
  planted in nursery to produce seedlings for a
  study to compare the adaptation, performance and
  production of these varieties in the Eastern
  Afghanistan situation.
• Only one variety failed to produce transplantable
  seedlings. All the other 11varieties have been
  transplanted in three replications in RCBD.

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Eggplant Variety Trial
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Pepper Variety Trials

• Fourteen varieties of pepper were collected from
  markets in Jalalabad and Peshawar, Pakistan and
  planted in nursery to produce transplants for a
  study to compare the adaptation, performance and
  production of these varieties in the Eastern
  Afghanistan situation.
• Out of the 14 varieties, 11 successfully produced
  seedlings to be transplanted in three
  replications in RCBD.

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Pepper Variety Trials
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Vegetable Research and Demonstration Farms in
Districts

• 23 farmers have been identified to conduct
  research and demonstrate on onions, garlic,
  tomato, eggplant, pepper, cucumber, okra Cowpea
  and Moongbean in 10 districts of Nangarhar
  Province.
• The varieties are either local or imported and
  have shown adaptation to most of the Eastern
  parts of Afghanistan.

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Field Research Demo. Plot
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Drip Irrigation Demonstration
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Vegetables in the Green House with Drip
Irrigation
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Tomato crop in Green House
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Field Training
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Vegetables in the Green House
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